Jay Fox

Released
Date of birth:20. 08. 1870
Date of death:1961
Age:90† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
17 Days
Support
Anarchism
Jay Fox

Biography

Jay Fox was an anarchist and labor organizer who edited The Agitator at the Home anarchist colony in Washington State. In 1911 he published an editorial, "The Nude and the Prudes," defending nude bathing at Home; he was arrested and convicted under a Washington statute for "encouraging or advocating disrespect for law." His appeal reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the conviction in Fox v. Washington (1915); he served a short jail term.

Case

Cook County Jail
Charges: Publishing matter tending to "encourage or advocate disrespect for law".
Arrested: Sep 6, 1901
Incarcerated: Sep 6, 1901
Released: Sep 23, 1901
Sentence: A short jail term (about two months). — Arrested in the September 6-7, 1901 Chicago roundup after President McKinley was shot; held without bail at the Cook County Jail until September 23, 1901 (about 17 days), then released without prosecution. Verdict as recorded: No — released without prosecution Charges as recorded: Publishing matter tending to "encourage or advocate disrespect for law" — for the editorial "The Nude and the Prudes" in The Agitator, defending nude bathing at the Home colony.
Convicted: No
Institution State: Illinois

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